Our System Can’t Do That

How systems declare the work complete while leaving people to clean up the mess

Aug 20 • Todd Andrew Owings

July 2026

I Found My Home in a Rocket Blue Family

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.” — Maya Angelou

Jul 22 • Todd Andrew Owings

The Filament Threshold: How Society Depletes the Same Human Capacity It Depends Upon

“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin

Jul 2 • Todd Andrew Owings

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June 2026

Chasing Omniscience, Finding Discernment

“...arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” — T. S. Eliot

Jun 25 • Todd Andrew Owings

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May 2026

When the Floor Comes Alive

“Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

May 1 • Todd Andrew Owings

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April 2026

When the Burden Changes Hands

“The map is not the territory.” — Alfred Korzybski

Apr 17 • Todd Andrew Owings

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March 2026

It's Time to Walk the Work

“You can observe a lot just by watching.” — Yogi Berra

Mar 20 • Todd Andrew Owings

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The Place Nobody Wants to Go

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust

Mar 16 • Todd Andrew Owings

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February 2026

When Volatility Increases, Method Matters

“Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” — Simon Sinek

Feb 24 • Todd Andrew Owings

The Threshold of Clarity

“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.” — Terry Pratchett

Feb 13 • Todd Andrew Owings

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After You Learn to See

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom…

Feb 4 • Todd Andrew Owings

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January 2026

What Happened to the Margin

“The purpose of a system is what it does.” — Stafford Beer

Jan 21 • Todd Andrew Owings

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